5 of killer gang held from Bogra, Dhaka
Police in a daylong separate drives on Tuesday arrested five members of a killer gang from different spots in Shibganj upazila in Bogra and Dakkhin Khan area in Dhaka on charge of killing several people at different times.
The other arrestees were identified as Momin alias Pichchi Babu, 35, son of Shamsul Alam of Shibgonj upazila in Bogra, Abdul Jalil, 28, son of Abdus Samad, UP member Aynul Haque, 45, Sarwar Hossain, 46, of the same upazila and Parul Aktar, 38, wife of Delwar Hossain of Gazipur.
Police quoting the arrestees said the killer's had been killing the victims in different areas in Shibganj upazila and used to destroy evidence by either torching the bodies or dumping those at abandoned places.
Police said the main culprit of the gang Pichchi Babu had killed at least five prostitutes at different spots in Moydanhata union of the upazila with the help of other arrestees, in last four years.
The gang was also involved with the killing of a small trader Samad and a teen-aged boy Sujan Mia, police said.
The arrestees were produced before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Court Judge Abdul Hamid yesterday afternoon.
After recording their confessional statement under section 164, the court sent them to jail.
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